Burn Notice Season 3, Episode 1 : Friends and Family

About Burn Notice Season 3, Episode 1 : Friends and Family

Michael, exhausted and disoriented, finally finishes swimming the five miles to Miami Beach (after jumping out of "Management's" helicopter at the end of Season 2). No sooner has he washed up on the beach then he is hunted by the police. Trapped in a nearby hotel, Michael surrenders and is taken to jail. While awaiting charges, Sam reports that, while Michael is free from interference by the Organization (demonstrated by a note from "Management", including Michael's trademark sunglasses, telling him to contact the Organization when Michael has had enough of being in danger) not only is Michael still burned, but, without the Organization's protection, he is now being investigated by both the police and foreign intelligence agencies. Shortly after, Michael is released from prison by Harlan (Brian Van Holt), an old friend and former-Special Forces operative. Harlan quickly re-establishes his friendship with Michael, who was missing to the spy community while under the Organization's protection, as well as bonding with Fiona and Sam. Harlan requests Michael's assistance in a job to extradite Rufino Cortez, a Venezuelan criminal who is displacing landowners in Venezuela and seizing the land for himself and his partners. Working together, and after extraordinary efforts to get past Rufino's main man in Miami and "gatekeeper", Falcone, Michael and the others succeed in ambushing and capturing Rufino. No sooner have Harlan and Michael delivered Rufino to the extraction point, however, than Harlan kills Rufino and takes Michael prisoner; explaining that, now working as a mercenary, he was really working for Rufino's partners who, knowing Rufino was under federal investigation, tasked Harlan to kill him to prevent him from standing trial. Harlan did so, gladly planning to set up the newly rediscovered Michael as Rufino's killer. Michael appeals to his former friend to not betray him, but Harlan is unswayed, forcing Michael to escape, fight and defeat Harlan. Michael delivers Harlan to the extraction point and anonymously informs the arriving Venezuelan commandos of Harlan's actions. Harlan is taken away. Meanwhile, Fiona expresses her hope that Michael will give up his attempts to get his old job back, but Michael decides, now that he is no longer protected by the Organization and is in serious danger, to focus all of his efforts to get his job (as well as the protection the CIA provides) back. Guest Stars: Brian Van Holt, Jeff Kober, Castulo Guerra,